The Brookhaven leader., 1887-07-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

| The Standard Paper Company, OF MllWau-
kee, has made an assignment to j. E.
Friend, who gave bond for $780,
AFTER an excited discussion the Chicago
Master Masons' Association decided on the
29th by vote Of Al to 80 to arbitrate with
the bricklayers An arbitration committee
OF five was appointed
| MRS. ALBERT FUEssLE, Of San Antonio,
Tex, recently gave birth TO two girl babies.
Half an hour later she gave birth to two
more of the same sex. They were born
prematurely, being in the sixth month OF
CESSATION.
| ISAAC j. MILLER and Gustav Tafel trustees
Of the late Archbishop Purcell creditors,
have filed their report in the Cincinnati
probate court. 1t shows the total receipts
and disbursements since January l. 1886, to
be SO, 600; paid creditors, $56, 900; paid for
expenses and incdentals, 81, 900, leaving a
| balance on hand OF about SO, ,5OO. The liza
bilities were over s3.O00,OOO.
Mr.. DAVID ARMSTRONG has had his bond
as receiver of the Fidelity National Bank,
of Cincinnati, accepted, and is now in
charge of the affairs of the defunct institu-
| tion. ...,.......
AT meeting of the Norwegian Lutheran
Synod at Stoughton, Wis, recently the dis
| cussion of the doctrine of predestination
caused split. l.t...s
| PLRURo PNEUMONIA, which has been rag
ing in the upper part of West Chester
| County, n. Y, has attacked the cattle at
Throgg's Neck. The State officials were
notified and strict quarantine established.
| The infected animals We're killed at once.
S. D. WHITNEY, secretary of the Montreal
J Board of Harbor Commissioners, is re-
ported missing with heavy defalcations.
THE strikers at Bolton, Eng, engaged in
q riot the other night, throwing stones and
bolts. The presence of the troops over
awed the rioters, who soon dispersed.
A SHOCK of earthquake was felt in North
| ern New Hampshire on the 30th.
THE Lasters' Union has given up it's
| struggle with the boot manufacturers OF
| Worcester, Mass, and the Struggle be-
tween them is finally ended.
THE sheriff of Chicago has taken posses
sion of the property of the Knights of La
Dor Publishing Company on confession Of
| Judgment for $S, 1888. A receiver has been
appointed.
IN Cuba recently man, his wife and
eight children were suffocated in their
dwelling They had built fire of tobacco
over night as precaution against small
| pox, which led to the calamity.
TIE mercantile agency of r. g. Dun &
Co. reports that for the first half of 1887
the failures in the United States were 4, 912
| in number against 1856 for the same
period in the previous year, showing de-
| cline of pa. The liabilities show q slight
| increase in amount. .t
STORIES of race troubles in South Caro-
lima are declared greatly exaggerated. No
violence is expected. .'-..
l. A CARGO of tea has arrived in London
| from Japan via the Canadian Pacific route,
| occupying only thirty days and sixteen
hours in transit. t...r ..-. g.. ..a- ...
( CHACE RoARK, the West Shore express
| robber, was sentenced to twenty years
hard labor at Utica, n. Y, on the 3Oth. -
The pool Of wallpaper manufacturers of
the United States has come to an end.
The New Zealand Hotel, bank and twenty
two shops were destroyed by fire at Blen-
helm, N. e., recently. The loss was $3.50, 900.
THE Raitcay Age reports that between
January and June 80 there were laid in
the United States 3,754 miles Of new main
line track. From present Indications the
Age believes that the total for 1887 may sur
pass that of any previsus year in the his.
tory Of the country. .
TIE coinage OF the nints during June
was a, 337, 502, of which $2,516,0 ,090 were
standard silver dollars.
CUTTER & SAvAGE's lumber yard at
Spring Lake, Mich, was destroyed by hre
recently with 2,OOO,OOO feet Of lumber,